Britain in Mourning After Shocking Murder of Parliament Member: Puts EU Vote on Hold

News Staff : Jun 17, 2016
Times of Israel

Tensions have been high in Britain as debates around leaving, or staying in the EU, have reached fevered proportions.

(The UK) — [Times of Israel] Campaigning for Britain’s EU referendum next week was suspended on Friday for a second day as the nation reeled from the murder of a popular pro-Europe MP at the height of a bitterly divisive debate." (Photo Credit: AFP/ OLI SCARFF via Times of Israel)

Jo Cox, a 41-year-old former aid worker and pro-EU campaigner known for her advocacy for Syrian refugees, was killed on Thursday outside a library where she regularly met constituents in her home village of Birstall in northern England.

Witnesses told local media that...

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